Sekirov Dictionary

metamorphist

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adjective 1
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(historical) A proponent of one side of an early geological controversy in the late 19th and early 20th century who held that differences between various nonsedimentary rocks and minerals could be explained by metamorphic processes rather than the opposing viewpoint that these differences resulted from cooling of different types of magma.
- As a metamorphist from the onset ( 1934-1935 ) I am afraid I might be partial. — 1954
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A metamorphic rock.
- Various grades of metamorphist up to staurolite-sillimanite rocks, are present in the formation. — 1965
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One who undergoes transformation to take on various forms.
- The sun was the grand Proteus, the universal metamorphist. — 1823
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One who believes in social transformation.
- Marx was a metamorphist, as well as a realist. He believed social relations pass through a series of material forms before becoming social relations once more. — 1999
One who believes that the body of Christ was merged into God when he ascended.
One who believes that some species were not part of the original creation but arose as the transformed souls of sinners.

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(historical) Believing in the metamorphic formation of nonsedimentary rocks and minerals.
- This strict identity of feldspars (and other crystals) has been for us, then for some other authors such as H.H. Read, a base for the metamorphist conception of the genesis of granites. — 1953

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